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I've seen many threads suggesting products but they often don't mention FOSS projects, which should always be preferred to corporate software. With FOSS you are already boycotting capitalism, on either side. Free and Open Source ignores borders and shouldn't be categorized in nationalist terms, no matter where some of the maintainers happen to live.

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[–] sith@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 week ago (26 children)

Totally agree. The majority of Americans are great people. Not everyone is MAGA. We need to support the good ones. Sanctions and boycotts tend to unite.

One exception would be if the project imposse a security risk because key people and servers, within the US, may be blackmailed or pushed by the new administration. We're not there yet though. And I hope these projects and people migrate if this becomes the case.

Also, FOSS projects run by big tech are probably also wise to avoid for strategic reasons.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 29 points 1 week ago (22 children)

The majority of Americans are great people

They're not the majority if they can't win an election — just sayin'.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago (20 children)

a minority of the population voted for trump though, it's not like 50+% of the total population voted for him, it's 50+% of the voters, a lot of people just didn't vote.

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, a minority of people voted for Hitler, too.

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